UFC 170: The Forum Threads

Ronda
Rousey successfully defended the
Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight crown with
a first-round technical knockout against Sara McMann
in the UFC
170 main event on Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in
Las Vegas. However, it was not without controversy. McMann
succumbed to a knee strike to the body and follow-up punches 66
seconds into round one, as the 2004 Olympic silver medalist
experienced defeat for the first time in her professional career.
Afterward, the focus was not on Rousey or McMann. Instead, it had
shifted to referee Herb Dean,
whose decision to halt the bout was called into question. Widely
regarded as one of the sport’s premier officials, Dean was also at
the center of controversy at UFC 169 on Feb. 1. There, he
intervened on behalf of Urijah Faber
in his bid to unseat UFC bantamweight champion Rena Barao. UFC 170
“Rousey vs. McMann” spawned a number of threads on the Sherdog.net forums: